Kingdom of Kush

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2180 BC – 350 · up to 563 thousand km² · Africa

Capital: Napata, Meroë

The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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Events on its territory

• c. 727 BC Kushite conquest of Egypt
• c. 270 BC Meroë becomes the heart of Kush